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New laws go into effect July 1, changing who can legally search through a person's trash and loosening child care regulations. Later, IPR's Dennis Reese finds relics from the Cold War in the Iowa City studio basement.

An increasing number of young adults report not wanting children. Host Charity Nebbe speaks with filmmaker Therese Shechter, whose most recent documentary "examines what it means to say no to motherhood in a society that assumes all women want children, and an Iowa doctor witnessing a recent spike in the number of men seeking vasectomies. Also this hour, 9-year-old Matthew Lamb from Iowa City discusses his recent role on Hulu's Only Murders in the Building.

Barely three months removed from a Big Ten Tournament title run in Indianapolis, the excitement around Iowa Men's basketball hasn't subsided. All American forward Keegan Murray's 4th over-all selection by Sacramento in the NBA draft, verbal commitments highlighting recent recruiting efforts, a significant changing of the guard with the coaching staff and three returning starters from that 26 win team a year ago, there's plenty to re-visit and look ahead to with head coach Fran McCaffery on this week's Fight for Iowa podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Tuesday, June 28. We'll get another sub 90s day Tuesday before it warms back up in the middle of the week. According to the National Weather Service it will be sunny for much of the day in the Cedar Rapids area with a high near 87 degrees. On Tuesday night after 4 p.m. there will be a 20 percent chance of showers up until around 7 p.m. Then Tuesday night it will be mostly clear, with a low around 63 degrees. The Iowa City Church on American Legion Road is searching for a place to hold services after an early Saturday morning fire “fully engulfed” the building “in flames and smoke”  before it was declared a total loss. The cause of the fire is unknown, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said Monday. “It is standard practice for the (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) to investigate a fire involving a church and the primary focus at this point is to determine the cause.” The Johnson County Joint Emergency Communications Center received a call at 4:22 a.m. Saturday about a structure fire at 4643 American Legion Road. West Branch Fire Department and https://www.facebook.com/IowaCityPublicSafety/posts/pfbid02ChAVQWk6wR3xoktc8GD1BmmudFZbU87JrLo8twrTo3QsyuZ2GTfgGb5ixQF2XH2el (Iowa City Fire Department) responded to the fire on the east side near Iowa City, as did the Iowa City Police Department and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. The fire was in West Branch's jurisdiction. Fire crews extinguished the fire after several hours due to the size of the building and bad weather in the area, the Sheriff's Office said. The state of Iowa will invest in the development of a “Field of Dreams” television series, new trail construction and new Des Moines lakefront amenities with a tourism development program funded by federal dollars. Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority on Monday announced $16.5 million in grant money awarded to four projects in the first round of funding through Destination Iowa, a $100 million program supported by the federal American Rescue Plan act. The two biggest allotments of this chunk of funding were $6 million to Universal Television for the development of a “Field of Dreams” television series, and $7 million to the Siouxland Regional Trail System to develop 100 miles of continuous trail projects connecting Sioux City, Le Mars, Hinton, Merrill and Sergeant Bluff.  In May the city of Cedar Rapids decided they would seek $27 million in funds from the program for a project to transform the greenway along the Cedar River and to boost outdoor recreational amenities. Meanwhile, Marion is seeking over $3.5 million in funding toward two major projects that will contribute to the city's goal of making Marion a regional destination. Marion is seeking funding for the Uptown Central Plaza project as well as the final phase of the long-awaited CeMar Trail through the Destination Iowa Grant process. The total cost of the two projects is just over $9 million.

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Kevin Scharpf. Born and raised in Galena, Illinois, Kevin attended the Le Cordon Bleu of Culinary Arts in Minneapolis, MN. His past culinary experience includes the Hotel Sofitel's fine dining restaurant, La Fougasse, the acclaimed Restaurant Daniel in New York City, and a 6-year stint as the Executive Sous of Diamond Jo. In 2014 Kevin received First Place at the Taste of Elegance competition and competed in the National Pork Summit in Napa Valley. In 2016 Kevin was named one of FSR magazine's “40 under 40” Risings Stars. Kevin competed in season 16 of Bravo's ‘Top Chef' and was awarded the 2019 Iowa Restaurant Association's Chef of the Year. In November 2019, Kevin and his team were invited to the James Beard House in NYC as the Featured Chef for the “Dubuque Debut” dinner. Today's feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click this link to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox! Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Join Restaurant Unstoppable Network and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans. Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "People are drawn to things that are authentic and real, and that's inspiring." In this episode with Kevin Scharpf we will discuss: Authenticity Awareness Mentors Culinary school Working in casinos Structured lifestyle/workstyle What we learn from corporate environments James Beard Awards Location and interior space/decoration Partners Prime Cost Operating a food truck Today's sponsor: This episode is brought to  you by Plate IQ, your Accounts Payable Automation and Expense Management solution. PateIQ works with 20,000 restaurants across the country. Plate IQ uses OCR "Optical Character Recognition" and Deep Machine Learning to eliminate manual data entry from the AP process. Automate the full life cycle of your invoices from General Ledger coding to bill payment via PlateIQ's VendorPay network. With PlateIQ's VendorPay you can seamless flow from invoice upload to paying your bills. You can earn cashback on invoices from over 180,000 vendors. With Plate IQ Vender Pay, you can see what is due when. Schedule payment by check/ACH/or Plate IQ Card. Lastly, VendorPay is also FOR Vendors. Keeping your vendors happy will give you leverage in negotiating your terms. Vendors participating in Plate IQ's VendorPay network LOVE it because it shortens Day Sales Outstanding by 25% - AKA: Vendors get paid 25% faster. To learn more head to plateIQ.com/unstoppable to get at least 25% off implementation. Fluctuating food prices. Staffing challenges- Now more than ever you need to control costs to remain profitable. MarginEdge is a restaurant management software that lets you see your food and labor costs in real time. By automating your invoice processing and totally digitizing your back office, MarginEdge saves your team hours on paperwork and gives you instant insights to manage your prime costs. Try MarginEdge free for 30 days. No contract. No setup fee. Learn more at marginedge.com/unstoppable   Diageo Bar Academy equips bartenders, servers, managers, and hospitality professionals with the insights, stories, and tools to be better - raising the bar on industry standards. Diageo Bar Academy reaches a diverse audience, with backgrounds and skill levels of all ranges- providing them with skills, knowledge, and the techniques they need to improve their personal and professional lives.   Knowledge bombs Which "it factor" habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success? Weird What is your biggest weakness? Sensitivity What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview? Passion What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it? Personal growth Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team. "Hello." What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff? Treat guests as if they are guests in your home What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner? Setting The Table by Danny Meyer GET THIS BOOK FOR FREE AT AUDIBLE.COM  What's one piece of technology you've adopted within your restaurant walls and how has it influence operations? Social media What is one thing you feel restaurateurs don't do well enough or often enough? Not genuine enough Name one service you've hired. Retail Financial Services - Lance Nieland If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be? Passion Love Awareness Contact info: Instagram: @kevinscharpf Facebook: @KevinScharpf Email: chefscharpf@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Huge thanks to Kevin Scharpf for joining me for another awesome episode. Until next time! Restaurant Unstoppable is a free podcast. One of the ways I'm able to make it free is by earning a commission when sharing certain products with you. I've made it a core value to only share tools, resources, and services my guest mentors have recommend, first. If you're finding value in my podcast, please use my links!

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“Turning Point”3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 13C) June 26, 2022Luke 9:51-62Pastor Roger DykstraGloria Dei Lutheran Church, Iowa City, IA

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26. Showers that began in the early morning hours Saturday should end by around 1 p.m. And, in its wake, some nice cooler air will arrive. According to the National Weather Service, there will be a high of 89 degrees with partly cloudy skies in the Cedar Rapids area after the rain ceases. The low should be around 63 degrees. Then, on Sunday, the high will be a very pleasant 77 degrees with sunny skies. There should be a bit of a breeze at 10 to 15 mph. Then Sunday night it will be mostly clear, with a low near 54 degrees. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that 50 years ago established the fundamental right to abortion, Iowa lawmakers are free to dramatically reduce or outlaw the procedure in the state. The reversal of the 1973 case puts the power back into the states' hands to decide the future of abortion access for its residents, meaning the ruling's impact will vary state to state In Iowa — where Republican leadership has attempted for years to restrict abortion — access to the procedure is likely at risk. Iowa Republicans, including Gov. Kim Reynolds, heralded the ruling and vowed to continue to protect the unborn. No restrictions went into effect in Iowa with the court ruling, and abortion remains legal in the state up until 20 weeks. Planned Parenthood clinics across Iowa and the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City remain open and patient care continues. Reynolds and legislative leaders did not respond to messages Friday as to whether they would call a special session of the Iowa Legislature to take up a new abortion law. According to the https://news.gallup.com/poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx (latest Gallup Poll), more than eight in 10 Americans believe abortion should be legal to some degree, and a majority did not want Roe v. Wade overturned. At the same time, the country remains far from unified on the extent to which abortion should be legal, according to Gallup. Meanwhile protests were held against the decision across the nation, including several Iowa cities. In Cedar Rapids a truck collided with a woman who had been protesting, leading to the woman heading to the hospital for evaluation. A police statement said the incident happened at 7:17 p.m. near the U.S. Courthouse near Eighth Avenue and Second Street SE in downtown Cedar Rapids. About 200 protesters had gathered there. While no arrests were announced, Cedar Rapids Police said they were scouring the area for surveillance video cameras that may have captured the incident.  While police in a news release described the collision only by saying “contact was made between a vehicle and one of the pedestrians,” some of those who were at the protest said the driver of the truck deliberately hit the protesters.

University of Iowa head women's wrestling coach Clarissa Chun was recently inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, just the third female to be so honored by the Hall. Chun competed in five world championships winning in 2008 and later that year captured Olympic Bronze in London. Chun also won four titles at the Pan Am Games. Now she'll funnel all that success and energy into Hawkeye Women's wrestling which starts it's inaugural season in the fall of 2023. Clarissa Chun sits down with us, plus we hear from Iowa men's wrestling coach Tom Brands on the Fight for Iowa podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Katie checks in with actor (Goodspeed Opera House, Theatre Aspen, The Band's Visit National Tour), Billy Cohen.

Its funnel cakes vs. deep fried Oreos on a This or That Thursday plus a new Iowa City beercade is open!

Market Proof Marketing · How Do You Promote Rate Locks & Other FAQs Kevin Oakley, Julie Jarnagin, and Becca Thomas discuss easy steps all marketers can take to create more content around floor plans. Plus the team skips the news segment of the podcast this week to bring you the most common Frequently Asked Questions from home builder marketers from the last week, including if you should buy more leads now that conversions are down, how to promote rate locks, what should the OSC's be doing right now, and what you need to know about your cost per lead. Story Time Becca is moving to Iowa City and is listing her home soon.Julie gives advice on how to hire a creative writer and what questions you can ask around  Kevin shares the frustrations of a marketing leader with their on-site sales team who don't want to have an event due to “low attendance” Supporting PartnerThe Market Proof Marketing Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Opendoor. Opendoor partners with homebuilders across the country in over 2,000 sales offices and has helped help generate more than $4 billion in new construction home sales. Visit Opendoor.com/doyouconvert to learn more about how you can partner with Opendoor. We Answer “Frequently Asked Questions” from Home Builder Marketers (18:21)How to best promote rate locks?Should we buy more lead traffic while conversions are down?Should OSCs be sending anyone out right now?What cost per lead should I be aiming for?Questions? Comments? Email show@doyouconvert.com or call 404-369-2595 and we'll address them on the next episode. More insights, discussions, and opportunities in the Market Proof Marketing Facebook group.Subscribe on iTunes > https://now.doyouconvert.com/mpm-itunesFollow on Spotify > https://now.doyouconvert.com/mpm-spotifyListen On Stitcher > https://now.doyouconvert.com/mpm-stitcherA weekly new home marketing podcast for home builders and developers. Each week Kevin Oakley, Andrew Peek, Jackie Lipinski, Julie Jarnagin, and other team members from Do You Convert will break down the headlines, share best practices and stories from the front line, and perform a deep dive on a relevant marketing topic. We're here to help you – not to sell you!Opendoor is a supporting partner of the Market Proof Marketing Podcast. Visit Opendoor.com/doyouconvert to learn more about how you can partner with Opendoor. Offer eligibility varies. Opendoor is represented by Opendoor Brokerage Inc., License 02061130, in California and Opendoor Brokerage LLC in its other markets. The post Ep 222: How Do You Promote Rate Locks & Other FAQs appeared first on Online Sales and Marketing for Home Builders - DYC.

It's late at night in Iowa City and you're looking for adventure.  You heard the myths of The Black Angel, a statue that sits in nearby, Oakland Cemetery. You go to it to see what all the fuss is about.  Just before leaving disappointed, you give it a touch.  Immediately you are transported to Villisca, Iowa where a white house sits in front of you.   The door swings open slowly, revealing a shadowy figure holding an Axe…what do you do?  You listen to this episode of The SUPER UNKNOWN of course!   Join Josh, Dave, and special guests, Chase and Anna, as they talk: The Black Angel and Villisca Axe Murder House Inc. Seek us out through Field of Geeks wherever you download/stream podcasts or www.fieldofgeeks.com Huge thanks to Chase for putting this video presentation together, only on YouTube.   #theblackangel #villisca #axemurder #murder #unsolved #truecrime #supernatural #ghost #iowa #justinbieber

Nothing ever happens by accident. I'm reviewing interview notes during EntreFest held this year in Iowa City, Iowa when a woman sees my press badge. Turns out Liz Kennedy is in charge of digital media for The Cedar Rapids Gazette. That led to this conversation about Iowa Ideas a multi day virtual event covering significant health issues impacting Iowans. (Yes, you can attend!) There is a shocking story about who owns the Gazette (which sheds new light on how they cover the news) and how badly they want your ideas and input. And, if that's not enough there is a fall (October 13-14) Iowa Ideas virtual event with the keynote being none other than the famous Simon Estes. So much to unpack here...enjoy. I sure did!  Thanks for listening! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

With Excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, the Founder of Big Grover Brewery, Matt Swift. Matt Swift grew up in the restaurant business. His mom, Faye Swift, opened Sluggers in Coralville, IA when Matt was just a young boy. Matt would go on to work in that restaurant learning about a hospitality first mentality and High standards before opening his first restaurant, Black Stone, in 2007. With numerous partners, Matt has since gone on to open Red's Ale House (2009) Big Grove Brewery Solon (2013), 30 Hop (2014), Pullmans bar (2015), Mosely's Barbecue and Provisions (2016), Big Grove, Iowa City (2017), Saint Burch Tavern (2018), Tribute (2020), and the Iowa Athletic Clun (2021). Today's feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click this link to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox! Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Join Restaurant Unstoppable Network and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans. Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "Not preparing is preparing to fail." In this episode with Matthew Swift we will discuss: Dealing with a massive floods that ruins your restaurant Partnerships Candor Exiting partners Scaling Transitioning from restaurant to brewery Community involvement Today's sponsor: This episode is brought to  you by Plate IQ, your Accounts Payable Automation and Expense Management solution. PateIQ works with 20,000 restaurants across the country. Plate IQ uses OCR "Optical Character Recognition" and Deep Machine Learning to eliminate manual data entry from the AP process. Automate the full life cycle of your invoices from General Ledger coding to bill payment via PlateIQ's VendorPay network. With PlateIQ's VendorPay you can seamless flow from invoice upload to paying your bills. You can earn cashback on invoices from over 180,000 vendors. With Plate IQ Vender Pay, you can see what is due when. Schedule payment by check/ACH/or Plate IQ Card. Lastly, VendorPay is also FOR Vendors. Keeping your vendors happy will give you leverage in negotiating your terms. Vendors participating in Plate IQ's VendorPay network LOVE it because it shortens Day Sales Outstanding by 25% - AKA: Vendors get paid 25% faster. To learn more head to plateIQ.com/unstoppable to get at least 25% off implementation. Fluctuating food prices. Staffing challenges- Now more than ever you need to control costs to remain profitable. MarginEdge is a restaurant management software that lets you see your food and labor costs in real time. By automating your invoice processing and totally digitizing your back office, MarginEdge saves your team hours on paperwork and gives you instant insights to manage your prime costs. Try MarginEdge free for 30 days. No contract. No setup fee. Learn more at marginedge.com/unstoppable Over 20,000 restaurants trust ChowNow (chownow.com/unstoppable) for their online ordering. With ChowNow, you'll take control of your online presence, connect with more local diners, and keep your hard-earned profits. Join the free ChowNow Marketplace to reach new customers without commissions. Want to go big? Put your restaurant in the spotlight with ChowNow Direct—a full suite of branded ordering and marketing tools, including your own app! For a limited time, Restaurant Unstoppable listeners save 30% on a ChowNow Direct annual plan. Knowledge bombs Which "it factor" habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success? Good at saying yes and following through What is your biggest weakness? Details What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview? Energy What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it? Staffing Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team. Practice candor  What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff? Push atmosphere, respect the guest What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner? The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Atomic Habits:An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear GET THIS BOOK FOR FREE AT AUDIBLE.COM  What's one piece of technology you've adopted within your restaurant walls and how has it influence operations? 7Shifts What is one thing you feel restaurateurs don't do well enough or often enough? Be present, be on the floor Name one service you've hired. 7Shifts If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be? Not preparing is preparing to fail Take the time to know the people around you Practice candor Contact info: Email: matt@biggrovebrewery.com Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Huge thanks to Matthew Swift for joining me for another awesome episode. Until next time! Restaurant Unstoppable is a free podcast. One of the ways I'm able to make it free is by earning a commission when sharing certain products with you. I've made it a core value to only share tools, resources, and services my guest mentors have recommend, first. If you're finding value in my podcast, please use my links!

On this Monday episode of Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises is joined by John Steppe of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and thegazette,com to preview Ohio State's seventh game of the 2022 football season -- against Iowa in Ohio Stadium on Oct. 22, with the Buckeyes coming off a bye. Ohio State hasn't beaten Iowa since 2013, primarily because the teams have played just once since then, and the Hawkeyes upset the Buckeyes in Iowa City in 2017. Iowa is coming off a 10-4 season that included a loss to Michigan in the Big Ten Championship Game. Kirk Ferentz is entering his 24th season as the head coach of the Hawkeyes. There's a quarterback decision to be made, and a search for some playmakers is on. But led by linebacker Jack Campbell and defensive coordinator Phil Parker, the defense should be pretty good again. It's the Hawkeyes back in Columbus, and it's time to talk about it on the seventh episode of Buckeye Talk breaking down a 2022 OSU opponent. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the weekend. This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Saturday, June 18, and Sunday, June 19. This weekend will feature a dip into some slightly cooler weather, and then a return of the heat that will turn super hot again on Monday. According to the National Weather Service, on Saturday it will be sunny in the Cedar Rapids area with a high near 83 degrees. The low will drop to 58 degrees Saturday night with clear skies. Then on Sunday it will be sunny, with a high near 90 degrees and the low will also pop up to 67 degrees. The wind will remain mostly light most days, hovering at 5 to 10 mph with wind gusts as high as 20 mph. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution. According to the Associated Press, the court, now composed almost entirely of Republican appointees, concluded that a less conservative court wrongly decided abortion is among the fundamental privacy rights guaranteed by the Iowa Constitution and federal law. Friday's ruling comes amid expectations that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, which would turn the decision to restrict abortion back to the states. If that happens, Iowa lawmakers could ban abortion without completing the lengthy process of amending the state constitution. The Iowa decision stemmed from a lawsuit filed by abortion providers who challenged a 2020 law that required a 24-hour waiting period before a woman can get an abortion, so that waiting period requirement would now go into effect. There will be no casino in Cedar Rapids for at least two years after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a provision that places a moratorium on new casino licenses. An amendment to a larger gambling bill means regulators cannot issue any new licenses in Iowa — including plans for a https://www.thegazette.com/local-government/cedar-rapids-casino-plans-envision-250-million-cedar-crossing-entertainment-complex-at-old-coope/ (potential $250 million, 160,000 square-foot entertainment and cultural arts complex) at the site of now-demolished Cooper's Mill near downtown Cedar Rapids — until June 2024. Citing “gambling fatigue,” the Republican-led Iowa Legislature this year https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/iowa-lawmakers-propose-2-year-moratorium-on-new-casinos/ (approved the two-year moratorium on new casinos), essentially taking action on a matter that traditionally has been conducted by the state's Racing and Gaming Commission. The new law jeopardizes Cedar Rapids' third try for a casino. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission previously denied a gaming license to Linn County in 2014 and 2017, both times citing studies showing it would “cannibalize” revenues from other casinos, particularly Riverside Casino & Golf Course in Washington County. Cedar Rapids casino backers were hopeful the current commission would be receptive to a Linn County casino, as previous opponents had cycled off the panel. Cedar Rapids-based Kirkwood Community College has announced plans to close two of its eight regional and county centers due to declining enrollment and a “significant decrease” in use of the locations. The college's 28-year-old Tippie-Mansfield Center in Belle Plaine and its 31-year-old Cedar County Center in Tipton will permanently close June 30, according to a Kirkwood news release. The closures will reduce Kirkwood's Eastern Iowa locations from 14 to 12 and eliminate its physical presence in Cedar County, one of the seven counties in its service area. The announcement this week comes less than a month after Kirkwood announced plans to re-evaluate use of its 97,000-square-foot Iowa City...

Two of Iowa football's greatest are on this year's college hall of fame ballot. OT Robert Gallery and Tight End Dallas Clark are among 80 players and 9 coaches nominated by the National Football Foundation. Voting concludes the end of June and we'll know who's in this years class the end of December.Both Gallery and Clark were consensus All Americans from small town Iowa. Both were highly coveted 1st round Nfl draft picks, Gallery #2 over-all by the Oakland Raiders. Clark was chosen with the 24th selection by the Indianapolis Colts. Born in Sioux Falls and growing up in Livermore in Northern, Iowa, population 380, Dallas Clark would wear his Incredible Hulk pajama's most of the day if allowed. Folks in Humboldt county had no idea then that Clark would grow into the Nfl's version of the short tempered Dr. Bruce Banner. Clark played a mad blocker and pass catcher at Iowa for a couple years and then for 11 seasons as QB Payton Manning's main target, winning a Super Bowl along the way. While Dallas Clark loved Marvel comics super hero's he settled for a Rudy Ruettiger role. Rudy was turned down three times by Notre Dame before he was allowed to walk on, Dallas Clark arrived in Iowa City in 1999 wide eyed and with out a scholarship offer but determined to work his way into a Hawkeye uniform. The rest is material that books and movies are made of. Dallas Clark joins us on this week's Fight for Iowa podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thanks for tuning in to Best Show Ever, a podcast presented by The Englert Theatre. Welcome to the season 4 finale episode. We knew we'd have to make this one extra special so we asked one of our own, one of our very best, Craig Owsley, to join us this week. Craig is not only the box office lead for the Englert, he's also been doing security and admissions for venues across Iowa City for almost 30 years. Check out Craig's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/PROJECT33VIDEO The episode features music by Dan Padley and Wave Cage. Ongoing support comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council. Best Show Ever is produced by the Englert in Iowa City, Iowa, and is supported by Friends of the Englert and Fellowship for the Future members. Visit www.englert.org/friends to support our programming. -------------------- Host: Elly Hofmaier Line Producer: Elly Hofmaier Audio Engineers: Elly Hofmaier Executive Producers: John Schickedanz & Andre Perry --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/englert/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/englert/support

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https://www.mariahedgington.com/ (RE)Discover Your Passion, Purpose, and Love of Yourself & Life Peruse or purchase our books, read samples, see reviews at: https://linktr.ee/byedgington Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/j9bshwus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avietnamanthem Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/ydu9yhh4 websites: www.mariahedgington.com. www.Byronedgington.com Your journey starts here Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough, (RE)Discover Your Passion, Purpose, & Love of Yourself & Life is a literary roadmap to help you claim your better, brighter life. As the title says, you're not ‘enough,' You are More than enough. Do you want to defeat imposter syndrome? Do you want a better life, with more satisfaction and serenity? Are you tired of being sad, frustrated, angry at yourself and others? Are you convinced there's a better way to live? Read this book, use the guidebook, take the online course and you'll feel much better right away. This is a self-care, self-help, affirmation book and set of tools that will make you feel better about yourself, and help you find the life you deserve. Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough (RE)Discover Your Passion, Purpose, & Love of Yourself & Life confirms that what you've believed for a long time is true: You deserve a better, more satisfying, more fulfilling life. If you've been looking for some validation of that belief, read this book, use these tools. Mariah grew up in rural Iowa. Byron in Central Ohio. They met in Iowa City Iowa where they flew together, Mariah as an RN, Byron as a helicopter pilot flying Air Medical rescue missions, and lifting people up and away from healthcare challenges. After leaving Iowa City in 2003 they moved to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Byron flew helicopter tours around the island, and Mariah worked as a nurse, both once again elevating people who looked to them for their unique ability to raise others up. It was on Kauai that they sensed the need for better, stronger connection to the spiritual and transcendent energy that surrounds us all, what the Hawaiian people refer to as mana, the spiritual life force. The idea behind Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough came to them on Kauai, as they felt the majestic power of the ocean, the rhythmic action of booming waves, the soothing serenity of the Hawaiian breeze, and the strangely affirming connection we all feel with the natural environment. It all elicited the idea for Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough, the transcendent feeling they found on that little island so far removed from the harsh messages heard and seen elsewhere. They left Kauai in 2006 to care for Byron's dying father, once again raising others up, this time seeing a parent lift off for the final time. From there, they left the US, moving first to Panama, then to Medellin Colombia where they lived for three wonderful years. Feeling their mandate to elevate once more, when the pandemic arrived in 2020 they left Colombia, moving back to Iowa to be with Mariah's then 89-year-old mother. Mariah and Byron believe the time is ripe for a renewal of higher purpose, elevated dialogue, focus on basic human values such as self-worth, dignity, integrity, honesty, and candor, but also a personal mandate to work toward a more civil society. Through their content and coaching in mindset change they believe everyone will come to realize that our thoughts create our world, and that the way we respond to each other comes with a great deal of responsibility. Everyone has unique value, and a gift they must share with all of us as we assemble this wonderful puzzle together. No one can be left behind, and once everyone is included they believe the better, brighter world we all know is waiting for us will be realized.

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Tuesday, June 14. It's going to be ridiculously hot Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service it will be sunny and hot in the Cedar Rapids area with a high of 99 degrees. Heat index values with the heavy humidity will rise as high as 106. It will also be breazy, with a south wind of 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Wind gusts could be as high as 30 mph. There will be a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms late Tuesday night, but otherwise it will be mostly clear, with a low of around 73 degrees. We have an article with a list of cool off zones in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids on the front page of theGazette.com. The Cedar Rapids school board Monday postponed a vote on an agreement for school resource officers — also known as police — in schools, with some board members voicing concern that the data presented on the program is incomplete. In a 6-1 vote, with President David Tominsky opposing, the school board agreed to meet in a work session between now and July 11 to further discuss the school resource officer contract before voting on it in their next scheduled meeting at 5:30 p.m., July 11, at the Educational Leadership and Support Center on Edgewood Rd NW. While data shows there are racial disparities in the discipline meted out against students in the district, school board members said a survey given out to gauge student and teacher opinions on the officers painted a flawed picture due to an error in the way the survey was distributed. They also were hesitant to pull the officers without proper consideration given the overall concern for school safety lately in the public. Deficiencies in the University of Iowa Children's Hospital “curtain wall system” at the center of https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/university-of-iowa-suing-contractors-over-cracked-windows-in-childrens-hospital/ (a new lawsuit )were observed during construction, left uncorrected, and have become so prevalent that most patient windows — along with many others — pose “life safety issues” if left uncorrected. “The number and severity of the (insulated glass unit) defects are progressive, with problems continuing to manifest themselves with the passage of time,” according to the lawsuit Iowa's Board of Regents filed Friday on behalf of UI in Johnson County District Court. They noted replacing hundreds of damaged windows is the only path forward. The lawsuit has been filed against Iowa City-based Knutson Construction Services Midwest, Inc. and Cupples International, Inc., based in St. Louis. Specific proactive and reactive steps the university has taken include installing protective film and clips on hundreds of windows that should hold the glass within if the glass units break. Still the threat of falling glass is severe enough that the children's hospital playground has been closed as a precaution. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, Iowa's Republican U.S. senators, said they are waiting to see the final version of bipartisan legislation containing modest gun control proposals before stating whether they will support it. The legislation was the result of two weeks of negotiations between a bipartisan group of U.S. senators in response to recent mass shootings in the United States. But Grassley, who is up for re-election this fall, said he was “encouraged” to see the bipartisan group produce a proposal. https://www.thegazette.com/federal-government/u-s-senate-bargainers-announce-outline-of-gun-violence-agreement/ (The current proposal) would make juvenile records available during background checks whenever someone under the age of 21 buys a gun; ban convicted domestic abusers from being able to buy a gun; and send federal funding to states enacting so-called red flag laws, which attempt to temporarily take guns away from individuals who could be considered potentially violent.

With excitement, allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Executive Chef and Partner at Big Grove Brewery, Ben Smart. An Iowa City native, Ben studied Geo Science at the University of Iowa. After graduating, it didn't take long for Ben to realize that he wasn't cut out for the office life, so he went back to study at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids to study Culinary Arts. After a few short stints cooking in Iowa City, IA and Kansas City, MO, Ben moved to Woodinville, WA in 2008 to work at The Herbfarm. He didn't know it then, but he would spend the next six years of his career at The Herbfarm. In 2012, Ben and his family were ready to make the move back to Iowa, and coincidently, he got a call from an old family friend for an opportunity to be the Executive Chef at a new restaurant opening in Solon, IA; Big Grove Brewery. Ben jumped at the opportunity. Today Ben is a Partner in Big Grove Brewery in Solon, IA, Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City, IA, Pullmans Bar and Diner in Iowa City, IA, and St. Burch's Tavern in Iowa City, IA. Today's feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click this link to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox! Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Join Restaurant Unstoppable Network and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans. Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "Show me your friends, I'll show you your future." In this episode with Ben Smart we will discuss: Culinary school Networking Fine dining Mise en place Farm to fork Leadership Soft skills Tapping your professional network Visioning Labor Business partnerships Educating staff CORE values Imposter syndrom Today's sponsor: This episode is brought to  you by Plate IQ, your Accounts Payable Automation and Expense Management solution. PateIQ works with 20,000 restaurants across the country. Plate IQ uses OCR "Optical Character Recognition" and Deep Machine Learning to eliminate manual data entry from the AP process. Automate the full life cycle of your invoices from General Ledger coding to bill payment via PlateIQ's VendorPay network. With PlateIQ's VendorPay you can seamless flow from invoice upload to paying your bills. You can earn cashback on invoices from over 180,000 vendors. With Plate IQ Vender Pay, you can see what is due when. Schedule payment by check/ACH/or Plate IQ Card. Lastly, VendorPay is also FOR Vendors. Keeping your vendors happy will give you leverage in negotiating your terms. Vendors participating in Plate IQ's VendorPay network LOVE it because it shortens Day Sales Outstanding by 25% - AKA: Vendors get paid 25% faster. To learn more head to plateIQ.com/unstoppable to get at least 25% off implementation. Fluctuating food prices. Staffing challenges- Now more than ever you need to control costs to remain profitable. MarginEdge is a restaurant management software that lets you see your food and labor costs in real time. By automating your invoice processing and totally digitizing your back office, MarginEdge saves your team hours on paperwork and gives you instant insights to manage your prime costs. Try MarginEdge free for 30 days. No contract. No setup fee. Learn more at marginedge.com/unstoppable   Diageo Bar Academy equips bartenders, servers, managers, and hospitality professionals with the insights, stories, and tools to be better - raising the bar on industry standards. Diageo Bar Academy reaches a diverse audience, with backgrounds and skill levels of all ranges- providing them with skills, knowledge, and the techniques they need to improve their personal and professional lives. Knowledge Bombs: Which “it factor” habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success? Discipline What is your biggest weakness? Organization What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview? What is their connection to food? What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it? All the moving parts Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team. Cut the tape What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff? Push our BOH team to "table touch" What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner? The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle GET THIS BOOK FOR FREE AT AUDIBLE.COM What's one piece of technology you've adopted within your restaurant walls and how has it influence operations? Toast - KDS What is one thing you feel restaurateurs don't do well enough or often enough? Training their people - professional development Name one service you've hired. Bergan KDV - Business solutions If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be? Surround yourself with people that challenge you Find something worth sacrificing for Life moves fast, so slow down and try to enjoy it Contact info: Instagram: @biggroveben Email: ben@biggrove.com Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. 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Iowa basketball's Kris Murray is returning to the Hawkeyes for his junior season after going through the preliminary NBA draft process. After working out for most of the professional teams in Chicago, Murray says he learned a lot and can't wait to get back to work with his team mates and coaches, to play at least one more year....for the best fan base in the world. The 6'8, 210 pound Murray posted single season bests in every statistical category last season. His 9 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes was very good use of Murray's time. Add in 43 % shooting and 31 block shots. Murray will be welcomed back by his team mates when organized summer work outs begin this month. Murray joins us on this weeks Fight for Iowa podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's episode we talk to beloved Iowa City musician Blake Shaw. More specifically, chat with Blake about the art of practice… when to practice, how to practice, why to practice, etc. Hang around for some free advice from self-taught legend, Mr. Shaw. The episode features music by Dan Padley and Wave Cage. Ongoing support comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council. Best Show Ever is produced by the Englert in Iowa City, Iowa, and is supported by Friends of the Englert and Fellowship for the Future members. Visit www.englert.org/friends to support our programming. -------------------- Host: Elly Hofmaier Line Producer: Elly Hofmaier Audio Engineers: Elly Hofmaier Executive Producers: John Schickedanz & Andre Perry --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/englert/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/englert/support

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Friday, June 10. Friday there will be a chance of rain in the morning and a chance of rain in the evening, with a cloudy day in the middle. The National Weather Service predicts it to be mostly cloudy with a high near 74 degrees, with the low coming in at around 56 degrees. The chance for rain will top out at 50 percent. The committee investigating the violent rioters that stormed the nation's capitol building on January 6, 2021 made the case both that the incident should not be downplayed and began their case connecting it to then President Donald Trump and his associates. The first of several hearings was held on primetime television Thursday night, and in a sense was designed with a television audience in mind, with the first hearing recapping the events of the day with video and the panel speaking with a capitol police officer about her experiences that day. The panel laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president's effort to overturn the 2020 election. The riot left more than 100 police officers injured, many beaten and bloodied, as the crowd of pro-Trump rioters, some armed with pipes, bats and bear spray, charged into the Capitol. At least nine people who were there died during and after the rioting, including a woman who was shot and killed by police. The next hearing will be at 9 a.m. on Monday. Iowa's first medical marijuana manufacturer and distributor is changing its name, planning a $10 million expansion in Iowa and moving into other states where it can legally sell recreational pot. MedPharm Iowa will become the much less medical sounding, Bud & Mary's Cannabis Co., showing a shift in the company's focus from just medical marijuana allowed in Iowa to recreational marijuana products allowed in some other states. Bud & Mary's will break ground next week on a $10 million expansion of the Des Moines manufacturing facility to “allow for a 3x increase in cannabis production for the Iowa program in order to meet increasing patient needs.” The company will continue to make and sell the same products, including Batch cannabis vapes, which, since their release in March, “are on track to be Iowa's most popular medical cannabis product in 2022,” a company news release states. Matt Gatens, a productive and popular basketball player when he was at Iowa and a former high school basketball star in Iowa City, has been hired as an assistant coach to Fran McCaffery's Hawkeyes men's basketball staff. Gatens replaces Kirk Speraw, who announced his retirement from coaching last month. Gatens was a four-year starter for the Hawkeyes from 2009-12. His final two seasons were McCaffery's first two as Iowa's head coach, while his first two are part of a Hawkeye basketball era that fans try to actively forget.  Gatens was a two-time All-Big Ten selection, two-time team captain, two-time academic all-conference honoree, and recipient of the 2012 Chris Street Award.

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Once again, the business news headlines are coming to you from Iowa City, Iowa the home for EntreFest 2022 where we've been busy all day meeting and recording some amazing stories we'll be sharing with you over the next couple of weeks. We really love this event where well over 400 people came to learn and share.  Meanwhile, in the news: Investors bolted for the door today; Changes coming to Kohls; Tesla saw amazing production numbers in China; Ford sued by customers...think fires under the hood; They fell into a vat of...chocolate. Willy Wonka? The Wall Street Report; Stitchfix announces...layoffs. For the interview you'll meet entrepreneur Ben Snyder a business consultant who has created a bicycle taxi service called Pedal Power. It's really a great story and you can hear the excitement in his voice.  Think pedicabs and the business is growing.  To hear that conversation just click here. Thanks for listening! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

Over the years we've interviewed lots and lots of entrepreneurs to established business people but this is the first time we've focused on a business consultant who has created a bicycle taxi service called Pedal Power. What is so stunning about Ben Snyder is how involved he is in, well, everything.  Marketing, selling, hiring, promoting other businesses, fixing his equipment, finding new equipment to add to his bikes.  And, you can hear the excitememt in his voice. Ben is working EntreFest 2022 when we caught up with him on the Ped Mall in Iowa City.  Thanks for listening! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

Prospecting on Linkedin does work when you follow a process First create your prospecting plan, then follow it Austin McCulloh helps his clients bring in qualified leads week after week.  Episode 98 (Austin is based in Iowa City, Iowa)   In this conversation we explore: How to leverage automation without spamming How to cut through the clutter How to leverage connection and CRM software to stay visible Why an initial negative response is a good sign How to integrate inbound and outbound marketing Better questions to ask to build the relationship   Mistakes to avoid: Too focused on self  Commission breath Thinking short term Not following a system Asking strangers, "How are you?" About Austin McCulloh: Austin has personally made over 16,000 prospecting contacts on Linkedin. He has helped clients make over 25,000 prospecting contacts. Get your copy of the 10-Step Effective Prospecting Process here If you're looking for help to bring in new qualified leads to set up weekly meetings, learn more here. Excerpts from this conversation with Austin McCulloh 02:43 LinkedIn is LinkedIn is the social media of business, or that's how we think of it. And, and a lot of us are on there. And I keep hearing from people saying, well, I've tried prospecting on LinkedIn, but it doesn't work. What do you say to that?   03:03 You want the honest response? I want the truth, the brutal truth. I'm saying they don't work. I'm saying they're not doing it the right way. I mean, that's just the raw truth. And the reason why I'm laughing and I say it, and do I, whoever the listener is, if they're not having success, why they should be optimistic is because they're right now listening to somebody who is, has done it more than 99.9% of the world. I've failed on it, I've done well on it. So the first thing I'll say is, they probably don't have a process. So they don't know who they're reaching out to. If you don't know who you're reaching out to, you don't know what to say to them, you don't know how to engage in conversation. So really, they don't have the components all lined up. And then another key point, and we're going to come back to all these, but they're too focused on themselves, trying to push what they have to offer excited about what they have to offer. And that's not what resonates with your prospects, especially when they're complete strangers. ----- 16:57 It's okay to be direct in terms of asking questions, if you're really trying to solve a pain point for somebody, because if it's a real pain, and you're trying to solve it, trying to help them with something.   17:08 But don't have the intention to go close them right away. Kind of like what you talked about George have the intention of being curious, being kind of like a researcher, ask the open ended questions, get a sense to see if it's good for them. And then if anything, your intention should be to set a meeting to learn more, not close business. So focus on the meeting, not on the client yet. ----- 18:02 Somebody either accepts it, or they don't accept the connection request. if they don't accept it, never gonna communicate with them not in contact with them. I f they accept it, and they reply, then the conversation is ongoing. If they accept it, and they don't reply to the first message, I have it set that 92 minutes later, another follow up message will be sent. And then about two days and 22 minutes later, another one is sent, I have about three total follow up messages. So four total that go out, there's the connection request and the message that goes along with it, three follow ups. Now sometimes you get some people who never end up, they'll accept it, but they never respond to any of those four messages. And then you get other people who respond to the first, the second, the third or the fourth, you get where I'm coming from. So that's that once somebody replies, ----- 32:00 Just take another look at it take another go. Great question. If you have not had success with prospecting online, or even if you haven't done it before, so regardless, you haven't had success because he did it or you've never done, take 30 minutes to an hour before you even start or before you restart and put together an actual plan. Now obviously, working with somebody who has done it before can can critique your plan can help you a lot with it. But if you know who you're reaching out to, you already have a few scripts put together already know what questions you want to ask and you know what you want your end result to be, it's all going to work much better. And then also know what you want to measure for it too. So have expectations of if I'm doing so many contacts, I want to see how many accepted connection requests I get, how many responses I get, because then you can tell if it was a success or failure or and also meeting set as well. So that's what I'd have to say I know it's a lot of different variables, but a lot of people are just kind of shooting from the hip. And when you have a plan to follow. You're much more likely to get the results that you want. ----- ----more---- Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by honing your communication skills. We'll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self. In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more.   Your host is George Torok George is a specialist in communication skills. Especially presentation. He's fascinated by the links between communication and influencing behaviours. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success.   Connect with George www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/ https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills https://www.instagram.com/georgetorok/  

Charity Nebbe discusses the best new books for children and young adults with Amanda Lepper of Dog Eared Books in Ames, Becky Preston of the Des Moines Public Library, and Iowa City teacher/librarian Devin Redmond.

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With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Co-Founder of Jimmy Jack's Rib Shack, Jack Piper. Jack got his start in Iowa City working at the legendary China Garden Restaurant, where he learned about amazing service, the importance of attention to detail, and leading by example. Jack, also a natural artist, used his ability to land himself in NYC where he was mentored by world-famous artist, Marilyn Minter. Minter took a likely to Jack, and as a result, jack got more opportunities than most in the world of art, but he was turned away by the art industry by its politics, however, this experience left a huge influence on his life. Jack went on to work in the FOH in many fine-dining restaurants throughout the US including NYC, Utah, and Texas before doing 4 years with the Cheesecake Factory where he learned a ton of systems and culture. In 1998 the Discussion to open Atlas in Iowa City, IA started and by 2000 the restaurant was open. Atlas had a successful 17-year run under Jack's ownership before he sold the restaurant to Matt Swift and Ben Smart. During that time Jack also opened Jimmy Jack's Rib Shack and Basta Italian Restaurant. He also took Jimmy Jack's popular BBQ sauces nationwide with Amazon, and throughout the region in 150 local retailers. Check out episode 870 with Chef Pierre Hilzim and Monica Davidson as mentioned in today's episode. Check out episode 894 with Jack Piper as mentioned in today's episode. Today's feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click this link to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox! Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Join Restaurant Unstoppable Network and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans. Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "Win your morning, win your day." In this episode with Jack Piper we will discuss: Start by bottling sauces and selling them in your store, not online Can you at least pull off that much

Night Listeners -We tumble into a stormy June with Zenith. This band rules. I have no clue where they are located but they are better than this year's headliner for the Iowa State Fair. We also revisit Dead Emperors from Iowa City, Person Whale, and 3 Finger Betty. I also found some new electronic projects: cyderkit and Liara.Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. Hear us every Thursday at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG – Des Moines and every Friday at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT – Sioux City & 90.7FM KOJI – Okoboji. If you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e Find me on twitter @kristianmday #trustkristiandayZenith - "Crumbling Inward" / anti-extinction Ep (?)Dead Emperors - "In the Flood" / Dead Emperors Ep (Iowa City)Person Whale - "Queen of Wands" / Dreams in the Black House (Des Moines)3 Finger Betty - "War for Breakfast" / 3 Finger Betty (Des Moines)The Hollowmen - "Shut Yer Trap" / Studio Outtakes 1986-87 (Des Moines)cyderkit - "Prelude..." / Prelude for Something (?)Bottledog - "Waxed Toddler" / Another Product (Iowa City)the Brown Note - "Your Mother" / Better Than Music (Cedar Rapids)Sludgeplow - "Gut Fountain" / Turned Earth (Cedar Rapids)Tyde - "Psychedelic Pill" / Lost (Burlington)Liara - "27042022 Literally Just Some Fucking Bleep Bloops" / When An Angel Takes Acid EP (Iowa City)Stickdog - "Go Away" / Stickdog (Iowa City)

Welcome back and, a programing note, we're headed out on the road for the next couple of days for EntreFest a major event this year being held in Iowa City, Iowa. Entrepreneurs from across the country will come to learn and to engage their ideas with peers and other professionals. And, yes, we'll have some updates from the event. Perhaps we'll see you there this year or next? Today, here's what we've got for you: Oil topped $122 a barrel today...ouch; Forced "Monkey Labor"? It's a story; Refineries are shutting down...what? Running out of beer in Pennsylvania? The "Hero Pay" story from Minnesota; Smucker's not afraid to raise prices and why; The Wall Street Report Inflation meet "Shrink-Flation". Thanks for listening! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.   

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Wednesday, June 8. You could wake up to rainy skies Wednesday, but it won't last all day. According to the National Weather Service the majority of the rain in the Cedar Rapids area should move out of the area by 1 p.m. After that it will be mostly sunny, with a high of 73 degrees. The low will be 53 degrees Wednesday night with mostly clear skies. It was election night Tuesday and most races went as expected in Iowa, but there was a bit of a surprise in the U.S. Senate race.  Mike Franken, a U.S. Navy veteran from Sioux City, earned the Democratic nomination Tuesday in Iowa's U.S. Senate campaign, handily beating former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer of Cedar Rapids by 15 percentage points. Franken, who was runner-up in the 2020 Democratic primary for another Iowa U.S. Senate seat, made his second attempt count. Finkenauer had been viewed as a bit of a favorite to win the race after she announced due to name recognition and ties to the national party. With his victory, Franken earned the right to challenge longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in this fall's Nov. 8 general election. Grassley, as expected, easily survived his own primary challenge Tuesday. But that, of course, wasn't the only race Tuesday night. For more, check out our complete election night coverage on thegazette.com. An Iowa City man who helped organize Black Lives Matter events pleaded guilty Tuesday to lesser charges after injuring police officers by shining laser light beams in their eyes during 2020 protests in Iowa City. Matthew D.C. Bruce, 26, originally charged with six felony counts of assault on persons of certain occupations causing bodily injury, pleaded to two counts of assault causing bodily injury, which are serious misdemeanors, and three counts of assault, which are simple misdemeanors. Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness said the prosecution will ask a judge to sentence Bruce to 180 days in jail but suspend 150 days, leaving him with 30 days to serve. Bruce was identified in multiple news reports as an organizer of the Des Moines Black Liberation Movement, a group that had organized protests in Des Moines following the death of George Floyd, 46, who was killed while in custody by former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. The Uptown Marion Market will use the new Seventh Avenue festival street when it returns on Saturday. The market, which takes place one Saturday a month over the course of the summer, runs from 8 a.m. to noon. This year, over 35 local vendors will be selling fresh produce, wine, honey, baked goods and other artisan items. Marion streetscape work and other construction continues this summer, all around the Uptown area, but the market will still be accessible.

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for election day, Tuesday, June 7. It'll be mostly sunny Tuesday with a high near 78 degrees. According to the National Weather Service, on Tuesday night there will be a small chance for rain, but the highest chance for showers and potentially a thunderstorm will be after 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Iowa City police released officer body camera and squad car video clips Monday it says shed more light on a public intoxication arrest last week that remains under review. The arrest late Friday of Daria Brown, 22, on S. Clinton Street was partially captured on a video circulating on social media. That video shows the arrest from one angle as a combative Brown is put into custody in the back seat of a police vehicle as an officer punches her. Video released by the department shows the arrest from other angles, including one that shows Brown trying to grab a Taser off of an officer's belt as he places her in the vehicle. Brown faces one count of public intoxication, two counts of interference with official acts, four counts of assaults on persons in certain occupations and one count of disarming a police officer. The city said the arrest remains under review in accordance with its use of force policy. Iowa athletics made $3 million from alcohol sales after sales tax in 2021-22 — thehttps://www.thegazette.com/hawkeye-football/beer-in-kinnick-a-brew-haha-or-something-less/ ( first year of fully selling alcohol at games —) according to documents obtained by The Gazette via a public records request. Most of the revenue after sales tax — $2.4 million of the $3 million — came from football games or the spring open practice at Kinnick Stadium. Three football games — Sept. 4 against Indiana, Oct. 9 against Penn State and Oct. 16 against Purdue — had more football sales than any sport had in its entire season. Iowa earned $338,839 in revenue after sales tax from men's basketball games, $180,458 from wrestling matches and $77,415 from women's basketball games. Before 2021, alcohol was only available in suites and premium seating areas. UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital has announced a $25 million expansion of its heart and vascular center, a move to help providers meet a growing patient demand for more specialized and minimally invasive services, officials say. Construction is expected to begin sometime this summer on the Cedar Rapids hospital's Nassif Heart Center. The project, which will take place over the next two years, will consolidate cardiac and vascular care into the center and will expand existing services. The move will help alleviate space constraints, and help providers meet the growing demand for services locally Patient demand for cardiovascular services has been growing at St. Luke's and other health systems in recent years, and it's not solely driven by the growing senior population in Iowa. Advancements in medical technology have opened the door to a greater number of patients becoming candidates for surgery.

Pete and Kim, 2 of the most legendary people on earth join the show. they are owners of the local restaurant Graze in Iowa City, and have been catering Hawkeye athletic meals since 2015. They have play a significant role in fueling the Hawks for 7 years and go above and beyond the competition. they are far and away the team favorite within the football facility and after listening to this hour + with them you will get a sense of why they stand out amongst the rest.

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The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network dives into their recent college football conference coaching ranks. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Patty C (@PattyC831) break down the group of 5 coaching ranks and key in on what power 5 conferences have the most unrealistic fan bases. Why do Middle Tennessee State Blue Raider fans potentially want Rick Stockstill out? Has Seth Littrell done a great job at the university of North Texas? Is Troy Calhoun and the Air Force Falcons criminally underrated every single year? Has Mike Houston done a great job at East Carolina? Are some Iowa Hawkeyes fans crazy to want Kirk Ferentz out in Iowa City? Does Auburn have the most unrealistic fan base in the SEC? Should Notre Dame join a power 5 conference? Plus we key in on why Jimbo Fisher wants to schedule a FCS opponent every year and why the SEC should not listen to Kentucky on keeping a 8 game SEC conference schedule. We talk it all and more on this episode of The College Football Experience. Download The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.app WynnBET - Bet $50 Get $200 In Free Bets - https://sg.pn/WynnBET Join Sleeper and get a 100% deposit bonus up to $100 - http://sleeper.com/sgp Support for this episode - AthleticGreens.com/SGP | IPVanish.com/sgp Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social Media Twitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPN Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/gamblingpodcast Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/sportsgamblingpodcast TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@gamblingpodcast Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/sportsgamblingpodcast   Follow The Hosts On Social Media Colby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbyd Patty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831 NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The College Football Experience (@TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network dives into their recent college football conference coaching ranks. Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) & Patty C (@PattyC831) break down the group of 5 coaching ranks and key in on what power 5 conferences have the most unrealistic fan bases. Why do Middle Tennessee State Blue Raider fans potentially want Rick Stockstill out? Has Seth Littrell done a great job at the university of North Texas? Is Troy Calhoun and the Air Force Falcons criminally underrated every single year? Has Mike Houston done a great job at East Carolina? Are some Iowa Hawkeyes fans crazy to want Kirk Ferentz out in Iowa City? Does Auburn have the most unrealistic fan base in the SEC? Should Notre Dame join a power 5 conference? Plus we key in on why Jimbo Fisher wants to schedule a FCS opponent every year and why the SEC should not listen to Kentucky on keeping a 8 game SEC conference schedule. We talk it all and more on this episode of The College Football Experience. Download The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.app WynnBET - Bet $50 Get $200 In Free Bets - https://sg.pn/WynnBET Join Sleeper and get a 100% deposit bonus up to $100 - http://sleeper.com/sgp Support for this episode - AthleticGreens.com/SGP | IPVanish.com/sgp Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social Media Twitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPN Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/gamblingpodcast Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/sportsgamblingpodcast TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@gamblingpodcast Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/sportsgamblingpodcast   Follow The Hosts On Social Media Colby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbyd Patty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831 NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The month of June has arrived and those highly recruited athletes for the Iowa Hawkeyes will start rolling into town for summer school classes and workouts in their respective sports including basketball and football. The Hawkeye football group of newcomers was ranked top 25 led by 5 star defensive back Xavier Wampa from SE Polk and 4 star defensive lineman Aaron Graves from SE Valley. They'll join returning veterans as the Hawks put together a work sheet that will take them to the 4th of July holiday. Fall camp starts in early August. Iowa looks to defend it's Big Ten West division crown and get back to the league title game in Indianapolis come December. All Conference performers tight end Sam LaPorta and Punter Tory Taylor are key to Iowa's success. They are excited and ready to join us this week on the Fight for Iowa podcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donika Kelly is the author of The Renunciations (Graywolf), winner of the Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry, and Bestiary (Graywolf), the winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Kelly's poetry has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Publishing Triangle Awards, the Lambda Literary Awards, and longlisted for the National Book Award.  A Cave Canem graduate fellow and member of the collective Poets at the End of the World, she has also received a Lannan Residency Fellowship, and a summer workshop fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center. She earned an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University. Her poems have been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. Donika lives in Iowa City with her wife, the nonfiction writer Melissa Febos, and is an assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Iowa, where she teaches creative writing. donikakelly.com Twitter: @officialdonika “Self Portrait as a Body, a Sea” was originally published in the Sewanee Review, 2017.  Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog.  Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for this second year of our series is the first movement, Schéhérazade, from Masques, Op. 34, by Karol Szymanowski, performed by pianist Daniel Baer. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by generous donations from the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library and the Deerfield Fine Arts Commission. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language.

Today's guest is Paul CurryPaul is a Standup Comedian from Seattle.  He produces “Comedy on Broadway” as well as a live show titled, “Dungeons & Drag Queens.”  In this episode, the two discuss: the history and importance of the Jai Thai open mic in the Seattle Comedy scene (00:01:11), Paul's experience of living in the “blue bubble” of Iowa City and what it was like coming out as gay in the in the Mid West. (17:38), and the long, windy journey that led Paul to stand up comedy (41:58)AND SO MUCH MORE!Follow Paul: @paulcurrycomedyFollow Dungeons and Drag Queens: @dndqseattleVisit Paul's Website: www.paulcurrycomedy.orgFollow the Pod: @fandfpodFor more content: www.adamtillercomedy.comIntro Music: “End of the World”, Travis ThompsonOutro Music: “.wavpool”, Jaga

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Co-Founder of Jimmy Jack's Rib Shack, Jack Piper. Jack got his start in Iowa City working at the legendary China Garden Restaurant, where he learned about amazing service, the importance of attention to detail, and leading by example. Jack, also a natural artist, used his ability to land himself in NYC where he was mentored by world-famous artist, Marilyn Minter. Minter took a likely to Jack, and as a result, jack got more opportunities than most in the world of art, but he was turned away by the art industry by its politics, however, this experience left a huge influence on his life. Jack went on to work in the FOH in many fine-dining restaurants throughout the US including NYC, Utah, and Texas before doing 4 years with the Cheesecake Factory where he learned a ton of systems and culture. In 1998 the Discussion to open Atlas in Iowa City, IA started and by 2000 the restaurant was open. Atlas had a successful 17-year run under Jack's ownership before he sold the restaurant to Matt Swift and Ben Smart. During that time Jack also opened Jimmy Jack's Rib Shack and Basta Italian Restaurant. He also took Jimmy Jack's popular BBQ sauces nationwide with Amazon, and throughout the region in 150 local retailers. Check out episode 878 with Donald Moore as mentioned in today's episode. Today's feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click this link to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox! Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Join Restaurant Unstoppable Network and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans. Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "Win your morning, win your day." In this episode with Jack Piper we will discuss: Ego and pride Cleanliness as a server FOH Constructive criticism Upselling Selling food products online Today's sponsor: This episode is brought to  you by Plate IQ, your Accounts Payable Automation and Expense Management solution. PateIQ works with 20,000 restaurants across the country. Plate IQ uses OCR "Optical Character Recognition" and Deep Machine Learning to eliminate manual data entry from the AP process. Automate the full life cycle of your invoices from General Ledger coding to bill payment via PlateIQ's VendorPay network. With PlateIQ's VendorPay you can seamless flow from invoice upload to paying your bills. You can earn cashback on invoices from over 180,000 vendors. With Plate IQ Vender Pay, you can see what is due when. Schedule payment by check/ACH/or Plate IQ Card. Lastly, VendorPay is also FOR Vendors. Keeping your vendors happy will give you leverage in negotiating your terms. Vendors participating in Plate IQ's VendorPay network LOVE it because it shortens Day Sales Outstanding by 25% - AKA: Vendors get paid 25% faster. To learn more head to plateIQ.com/unstoppable to get at least 25% off implementation. Fluctuating food prices. Staffing challenges- Now more than ever you need to control costs to remain profitable. MarginEdge is a restaurant management software that lets you see your food and labor costs in real time. By automating your invoice processing and totally digitizing your back office, MarginEdge saves your team hours on paperwork and gives you instant insights to manage your prime costs. Try MarginEdge free for 30 days. No contract. No setup fee. Learn more at marginedge.com/unstoppable   Diageo Bar Academy equips bartenders, servers, managers, and hospitality professionals with the insights, stories, and tools to be better - raising the bar on industry standards. Diageo Bar Academy reaches a diverse audience, with backgrounds and skill levels of all ranges- providing them with skills, knowledge, and the techniques they need to improve their personal and professional lives. Knowledge bombs Which "it factor" habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success? Exceeding expectations What is your biggest weakness? Overthinking What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview? Honesty What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it? Time management Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team. You're entitled to nothing All decisions are made in the best interest for the guest What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff? Create a joint, not a scene What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner? Setting The Table by Danny Meyer GET THIS BOOK FOR FREE AT AUDIBLE.COM  What's one piece of technology you've adopted within your restaurant walls and how has it influence operations? Toast POS Name one service you've hired. Goldbelly If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be? You're not entitled to anything, you must earn it Exceed expectations Win your morning Contact info: Instagram: @jimmyjacksribshack Email: jack@jimmyjacksribshack.com Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Huge thanks to Jack Piper for joining me for another awesome episode. Until next time!